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• Suspicious package sent to Fairfield County judge’s office

  28-06-2018 23:59
  
  LANCASTER, Ohio — Authorities in Fairfield County are investigating who may have sent a suspicious package to a Fairfield County judge. The suspicious envelope, according to local authorities, contained a white powdery substance and was noticed while Judge Richard Beren’s assignment commissioner was opening the mail Thursday afternoon, according to a court official. That female employee, along with a male sheriff’s deputy assigned to courthouse security, were both assessed at t
  
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• Romaine lettuce outbreak tied to contaminated canal water

  28-06-2018 23:53
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say tainted canal water appears to be the source of a national food poisoning outbreak linked to romaine lettuce.About 200 people were sickened in the E. coli outbreak, which started in the spring. Five people died.The illnesses were previously traced to romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona. On Thursday, federal health officials said the same E. coli was found in canal water in the area. They are still investigating how the bacteria got into the canal.It
  
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• Gunman kills 5 in attack targeting Maryland newspaper

  28-06-2018 21:25
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A man armed with smoke grenades and a shotgun attacked a newspaper in Maryland's capital Thursday, killing four journalists and a staffer before police quickly stormed the building and arrested him, police and witnesses said.The shooting came amid months of verbal and online attacks on the "fake news media" from politicians and others from President Donald Trump on down. It prompted New York City police to immediately tighten security at news organizations in the nati
  
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• 5 killed, others wounded at Maryland newspaper shooting

  28-06-2018 21:25
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A single shooter killed five people Thursday and wounded others at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, and police said a suspect was in custody.A reporter at The Capital Gazette tweeted that a single gunman fired into the newsroom and shot multiple employees. Phil Davis, who covers courts and crime for the newspaper, tweeted that the shooter fired through the glass door to the office."A single shooter shot multiple people at my office, some of whom are dead," he tweet
  
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• Franklin County Dog Shelter waiving adoption fees through Fourth of July

  28-06-2018 21:03
  
  The Franklin County Dog Shelter & Adoption Center is waiving adoption fees on most dogs through the Fourth of July.Dogs can be adopted for the cost of the dog license, $18.The shelter said they have temporarily suspended voluntary intake because they are at a maximum capacity for providing care for the 260+ dogs already there.They added the high population is concerning due to the upcoming holiday when many dogs typically end up lost at the shelter.We are very concerned since we know next we
  
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• Smart Columbus Looking at Driverless Shuttle for Downtown

  28-06-2018 20:30
  A driverless shuttle bus could be roaming Downtown streets before the end of the year if a new Smart Columbus initiative moves forward as planned. Mark Patton, Smart Columbus Vice President at the Columbus Partnership, shared the news yesterday during a tour of the about-to-open Smart Columbus Experience Center. “I think the next thing that […]
  
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• Mega Weekend – A Major Summer Weekend of Local Music and More!

  28-06-2018 20:05
  The fourth of July is just around the corner, which makes this weekend an absolute summer blowout. We’ve got beer tastings, live music, film, dance parties and more. Check it out! Plus, don’t forget that tickets are officially on sale for the Healthy Living Festival as well as the Small Business Breakdown Comedy Event, and […]
  
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• Mega Weekend – 55 Ways to Spend Your Summer Weekend in Columbus

  28-06-2018 20:05
  The fourth of July is just around the corner, which makes this weekend an absolute summer blowout. We’ve got beer tastings, live music, film, dance parties and more. Check it out! Plus, don’t forget that tickets are officially on sale for the Healthy Living Festival as well as the Small Business Breakdown Comedy Event, and […]
  
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• Ohio’s Own: Fromagerie Bread

  28-06-2018 20:00
  As the name might suggest, locally-based Fromagerie was founded with a particular dedication to fine cheese. So, finding the business peddling loaves of bread at a farmers market was a little discombobulating. Having struggled through four years of high school German without much mastery, it seemed entirely possible at the time that “fromage” might somehow […]
  
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• Ohio State Wrestler Kyle Snyder 1st to repeat as Big Ten athlete of year

  28-06-2018 19:32
  
  ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Ohio State wrestling star Kyle Snyder is the first in Big Ten history to repeat as the conference's male athlete of the year.Snyder won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and beat Russian standout Abdulrashid Sadulaev to clinch the world freestyle title for the U.S. in 2017.Snyder wrestled as a heavyweight last season as a senior — a weight class more than 70 pounds heavier than he typically competes in internationally — and won his third straight NCAA
  
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• Time names the most influential people on the internet

  28-06-2018 19:23
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kylie Jenner, Kanye West, Rihanna, Busy Philipps and Matt Drudge have landed on Time magazine's roundup of the most influential people on the internet. So did someone with 53 million Twitter followers — President Donald J. Trump.The magazine sized up contenders for its annual list by looking at their global impact on social media and their overall ability to drive news.Others who made the 25-entry list include Korean pop act BTS, Logan and Jake Paul and social activis
  
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• New Marijuana Laws Could Bring Criminal Justice Reform to Ohio

  28-06-2018 19:12
  As Ohio slowly moves toward implementing its medical marijuana program this fall — and full legalization could potentially be on the ballot next year — it’s worth looking into how criminal justice reforms are being enacted around the nation with the plant’s newfound legal status, and how these same reforms could possibly come to the […]
  
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• $2 Billion Dollar “Planet Oasis” Entertainment Park Announced in Delaware County

  28-06-2018 18:49
  The Tanger Outlet Mall is about to get a new neighbor. Today, New Albany-based developer Blue Horseshoe Ventures announced a $2 billion 350-acre entertainment complex known as “Planet Oasis,” which would sit adjacent to the outlet mall in Delaware County. Once built out, the space will include just about every entertainment option imaginable: a skate […]
  
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• Video shows thief breaking into KFC drive-thru window in east Columbus

  28-06-2018 18:15
  
  COLUMBUS - The Columbus Division of Police is looking for a masked and mismatched gloved burglar who broke into a KFC in east Columbus.It happened just after 2:30 a.m. on June 18 at 1990 East Main Street.Surveillance video shows the robbery suspect break the drive-thru window and enter the restaurant. The suspect is then seen using a screwdriver to break open two registers.He left the restaurant with a small amount of cash, according to Columbus Police.Anyone with information on the suspect's id
  
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• "Massive entertainment district" planned for Delaware County

  28-06-2018 18:14
  
  DELAWARE COUNTY -- A "major entertainment district" is planned for the area of Tanger Outlets in Delaware County, developers announced Thursday.Delaware County tweeted Thursday the development will include "Indoor sky diving & roller coaster, salt-water lake, hotels, restaurants and eSports."Our partners at the Columbus Dispatch report the site is adjacent to the Tanger Outlet Mall on the east side of I-71, in the Sunbury area.Developer Blue Horseshoe Ventures announced the $2 billion Planet
  
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• Developers reveal plans for $2 billion entertainment park in Delaware County

  28-06-2018 18:14
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Developers have announced plans for a massive, $2 billion entertainment park outside of Columbus, Ohio.According to the developers, Planet Oasis will be the largest combined entertainment, attractions, action sports, food and beverage and health wellness venue in the country.It will be located at the intersection of I-71 and State Route 36/37 in Delaware County and Berkshire Township on 350+ acres.Planet Oasis will be home, initially, to a grouping of at least 15-20 attrac
  
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• Columbus man indicted on charges of inappropriately touching girl at Zoombezi Bay

  28-06-2018 17:45
  A Delaware County grand jury indicted a Columbus man accused of touching a girl inappropriately at Zoombezi Bay.Philip Lohbauer, 33, was indicted Thursday on charges of gross sexual imposition - a third-degree felony, according to Delaware County Prosecutor's Office.On June 18, a girl notified Zoombezi Bay staff that a man was touching her inappropriately in the wave pool. The staff called the Delaware County Sheriff's Office and Lohbauer was placed under arrest.Authorities say Lohbauer has been
  
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• Trump-Putin meeting to follow NATO gathering at tense moment

  28-06-2018 17:16
  
  MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a summit in Helsinki on July 16, the Kremlin and the White House announced Thursday.A terse synchronized statement said the two presidents will discuss bilateral issues and international relations. The announcement comes a day after President Trump's National Security Adviser John Bolton held talks with Russian officials in Moscow to lay the groundwork for the summit."I've said it from Day One, getting alon
  
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• First Look: Smart Columbus Experience Center

  28-06-2018 17:10
  The new Smart Columbus Experience Center will officially open to the public this Saturday. The space, which is located on the first floor of the former Columbia Gas building at 170 Civic Center Drive, is meant to help explain the multifaceted initiative to visitors while also offering a vision of how getting around in Columbus could […]
  
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• Woman, a relative of Rhoden family, died from gunshot to chest, authorities say

  28-06-2018 16:50
  
  LATHAM, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say a woman found dead in Ohio woods who was a relative of people killed in a 2016 family massacre died of a gunshot wound to the chest.Authorities have said they have no reason to believe her death is linked to the 2016 slayings.Thirty-five-year-old Violet Taylor's body was found June 11, roughly 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Columbus. The Dayton Daily News reports Pike County coroner's and sheriff's offices say the Latham woman died under suspicious ci
  
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• Kroger to test grocery deliveries with driverless cars

  28-06-2018 15:20
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kroger Co. is about to test whether it can steer supermarket customers away from crowded grocery aisles with a fleet of diminutive driverless cars designed to lower delivery costs.The test program announced Thursday could make Kroger the first U.S. grocer to make deliveries with robotic cars that won't have a human riding along to take control in case something goes wrong.Cincinnati-based Kroger is teaming up with Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup founded two years ago by
  
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• Local Yoga Studio Wins International Prize, Offers Free Yoga Today

  28-06-2018 15:19
  Modo Yoga is one of the most pleasant yoga-success stories in Columbus, Ohio. Since it opened in 2015, Modo’s variety of classes, cast of teachers, and number of students have steadily increased. Thanks to leadership by co-owners Chad Underwood and Elizabeth Moore, and with special event coordinator Kathleen Compton, Modo Columbus also completed an award-winning […]
  
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• First Look: An Updated Mac’s Opens Tonight

  28-06-2018 15:00
  The Mac’s: A Proper Pub makeover is almost ready for a public reveal. The Scottish bar and restaurant closed last month for renovations and a total menu overhaul. It’ll reopen for service on Thursday, June 28. After 30 years in the Short North, co-owner Pat Melick said it was time for Mac’s to change with […]
  
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• The Ohio State University gets $17M commitment for entrepreneurship center

  28-06-2018 13:51
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State University says a foundation has made a $17 million commitment to the university's business college to set up an entrepreneurship center.Ohio State says the Keenan Family Foundation made the commitment for the Tim and Kathleen Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship. The center will focus on cultivating students' entrepreneurial skills and creating an enriched extracurricular experience around entrepreneurship.The Keenan Family Foundation was established by Tim
  
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• Ohio School district to beef up security in response to billboard ad

  28-06-2018 13:17
  
  An Ohio school district says it's stepping up security just days after a sheriff took out a billboard ad blasting school safety.Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones says he met with Hamilton City School District officials Wednesday, and they have agreed to arm school staff and use metal detectors on students in the upcoming school year.Jones previously posted billboard ads claiming the school board isn't transparent and doesn't "talk to the public."He told the Journal-News after the meeting that
  
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• Fire sweeps through market in Kenya's capital, killing 15

  28-06-2018 12:53
  
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A fire swept one of Nairobi's largest open-air markets early Thursday, killing 15 people and sending 70 injured to hospitals, an official said, as traders who lived there struggled to wake their families and flee.Nairobi County Commissioner Kangethe Thuku said six bodies had been recovered and nine were in a building and had yet to be retrieved.Rescue teams searched for more bodies and survivors in Gikomba market in the Pumwani low-income neighborhood in Kenya's capit
  
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• Court's ruling hits teachers unions, but how hard is unclear

  28-06-2018 12:45
  
  Teachers unions are hoping that recent grass-roots protests over pay and working conditions will blunt the impact of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on union fees and help persuade dues-paying members not to abandon them.The court said in a 5-4 ruling Wednesday that government workers can no longer be required to pay fees to labor organizations that represent them in collective bargaining.The non-members paying those fees are only a small portion of the people represented by teachers unions, which a
  
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• Boy whose Michael Jackson dance moves went viral receives "thrilling" gift from cop

  28-06-2018 11:39
  
  Javon Dendy's dancing is so good, he could be mistaken for the King of Pop. A video of Javon dancing to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" went viral last week after the Greenville Police Department shared it on Facebook.Officer Kawain Harrison spotted Javon dancing when he was responding to a call in his neighborhood. Officer Harrison quickly whipped out his phone and began filming. "When you encounter a talent like Javon, sometimes, the best thing to do is hit record on your phone, get out of the
  
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• Boy whose Michael Jackson dance moves went viral receives "thriling" gift from cop

  28-06-2018 11:39
  
  Javon Dendy's dancing is so good, he could be mistaken for the King of Pop. A video of Javon dancing to Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" went viral last week after the Greenville Police Department shared it on Facebook.Officer Kawain Harrison spotted Javon dancing when he was responding to a call in his neighborhood. Officer Harrison quickly whipped out his phone and began filming. "When you encounter a talent like Javon, sometimes, the best thing to do is hit record on your phone, get out of the
  
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• Science Says: How family separation may affect kids' brains

  28-06-2018 11:14
  
  Doctors have long known that separating families and other traumatic events can damage children's well-being. More recent research has shed some light on how that may happen: Severe early adversity may cause brain changes and "toxic stress," resulting in lasting psychological and physical health problems.A "zero-tolerance" immigration policy announced this spring by the Trump Administration has separated 2,300 children from the adults they were traveling with and sent them to shelters and foster
  
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• US, UK teams join Thailand's search for 13 missing in cave

  28-06-2018 11:12
  
  A U.S. military team and British cave experts joined the search in northern Thailand for 12 boys and their soccer coach missing for five days inside a cave being flooded by near-constant rains.A Thai army general coordinating the rescue said Thursday morning that overnight rain had raised water levels again and authorities switched off power and water pumps for fear of electrical hazards. Power had just been installed a few days earlier to provide lights and better communications and pump out wa
  
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• Multi-agency OVI checkpoints planned tonight in Scioto County

  28-06-2018 11:01
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State Highway Patrol will hold an OVI checkpoint tonight in Scioto County to combat impaired driving.The checkpoint will be on U.S. 52 near Mabert Road, located in Portsmouth, Ohio.The Ohio State Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Portsmouth Police and Shawnee State Police Department, will conduct the OVI checkpoints between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. tonight.The checkpoints will be held in conjunction with increase patrols and aggressive combat impaired driver-related inj
  
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• Chartered plane crashes in Mumbai; casualties unclear

  28-06-2018 10:47
  
  MUMBAI, India -Indian police say a chartered plane belonging to a state government has crashed in a busy district of Mumbai, the country's financial and entertainment capital.They said it was not immediately known how many people were on board the aircraft or if there were casualties.The crash took place Thursday in the busy Ghatkopar area of Mumbai.Television images showed parts of the wreckage burning on the ground.
  
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• Mattis says US will keep current troop levels in South Korea

  28-06-2018 09:12
  
  SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has reassured his South Korean counterpart that the U.S. will maintain its current number of troops on the Korean Peninsula.
  Mattis told Defense Minister Song Young-moo in Seoul on Thursday that the American commitment to South Korea remains ironclad.The U.S. has 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea.Mattis met with Song during a brief stopover on his way from China to Japan.His stop clearly carried a message of reassurance to the South Kor
  
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• Move Over UPS: Amazon to use its own delivery vans

  28-06-2018 09:02
  
  SEATTLE - Your Amazon packages, which usually show up in a brown UPS truck, an unmarked vehicle or in the hands of a mail carrier, may soon be delivered from an Amazon van.The online retailer, wanting more control over how its packages are delivered, is rolling out a program Thursday that lets entrepreneurs in the U.S. launch businesses that deliver Amazon packages. They'll be able to lease blue vans with the Amazon logo stamped on it, buy Amazon uniforms for drivers and get support from Amazon.
  
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• Ohio Senate votes to strengthen distracted driving penalties

  28-06-2018 04:02
  
  The Ohio Senate passed legislation Wednesday aimed at decreasing distracted driving.House Bill 95, sponsored by State Representatives Jim Hughes (R-Upper Arlington) and Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati), makes distracted driving a secondary offense that can result in a fine of up to $100.A secondary offense means drivers must be pulled over first for a moving violation in order to be cited for the fine.“Our legislative goal is to encourage Ohio drivers to be cautious when driving and to think of t
  
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• Family, friends gather to remember Judy Malinowski one year after death

  28-06-2018 03:59
  The daughter of Judy Malinowski planned a special candlelight vigil for her mother one year after her passing.Family and friends gathered inside Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens next to Malinowski's marker, Wednesday evening.They gathered to remember her fight, her journey and her legacy."I thought this was a special way to remember my mom," Kaylyn Malinowski said.Kaylyn Malinowski is older than her age. The 14-year-old says the last year without her mother has made her grow up quicker.It's been one
  
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• Police: 2 injured in accidental shooting in north Columbus La-Z-Boy parking lot

  28-06-2018 03:23
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio -Two people are hospitalized after what Columbus police described as an accidental shooting in a parking lot Wednesday night.A police dispatcher said officers responded to the La-Z-Boy on Polaris Parkway around 8:50 p.m.Police said the shooting happened in a back corner of the store’s parking lot.Police at the scene told 10TV someone was showing a gun to someone else when at least one shot was fired.Both people were taken to a local hospital in what police described as stabl
  
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• Ohio State freshman DB Marcus Hooker charged with DUI

  28-06-2018 02:17
  
  Marcus Hooker, a freshman defensive back at the Ohio State University, is facing several charges after an incident in Pennsylvania earlier this month.Hooker is facing charges of driving under the influence, disregarding traffic lane, careless driving, no rear lights and purchase of alcoholic beverage by a minor according to court records.The charges were first reported by New Castle News.According to court records, Hooker was charged by the Neshannock Township Police Department in Lawrence Count
  
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